Worlds worsts humanitarian disaster

Rekop dog

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2017/06/blame-cholera-outbreak-yemen-170618202453916.html

Shockingly minimal coverage of Yemen's current crisis from British/Irish media considering the scale of current disaster. In this day and age no life should be lost from something so preventable and treatable. RIP to the many who've lost lives.

Bishopsback

Rekop dog wrote: »

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2017/06/blame-cholera-outbreak-yemen-170618202453916.html

Shockingly minimal coverage of Yemen's current crisis from British/Irish media considering the scale of current disaster. In this day and age no life should be lost from something so preventable and treatable. RIP to the many who've lost lives.

A country in crisis no doubt, it seems the civil war there has caused the health service to collapse, the whole public system is gone and health workers haven't been paid in months let alone have access to much needed medicines.
As with all conflict, it seems the innocent and the general population pay the heaviest price.
I hope there is an international aid package of meaningful substance put together there soon, all the international agencies seem to be picking up on it now. Famine and hunger are rife in Yemen too.
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/06/16/533247315/cholera-clobbers-yemen

biko

How do you suggest we address this?

The Saudi-led coalition has closed the main airport and prevented many human rights workers from entering the country.

Rekop dog

Rekop dog wrote: »

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2017/06/blame-cholera-outbreak-yemen-170618202453916.html

Shockingly minimal coverage of Yemen's current crisis from British/Irish media considering the scale of current disaster. In this day and age no life should be lost from something so preventable and treatable. RIP to the many who've lost lives.

Horrible, horrible situation. Al Jazeera ain't perfect but since around 2010 it's been a lot more informative than any of Europe or America's media about the disaster unfolding across a huge region. That's probably part of why Qatar are in the Saudi's bad books now.

suicide_circus

We only have a limited amount of "disaster bandwith". I can only feel bad for so many events at any one moment.

Bishopsback

biko wrote: »

How do you suggest we address this?

I'd say international pressure must be put on Saudi Arabia to let humanitarian aid in.
The biggest problem is the factions that are vying for control are seeking power, they probably don't give a fcuk about those affected by any of the problems their fight is causing.
Short of the un going in with an international force to enforce human rights, then its difficult to get much done probably.

brainfreeze

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Horrible, horrible situation. Al Jazeera ain't perfect but since around 2010 it's been a lot more informative than any of Europe or America's media about the disaster unfolding across a huge region. That's probably part of why Qatar are in the Saudi's bad books now.

Why 2010? I've always found them more informative than our media, started watching Al Jazeera at the start of the Iraq War.

It was set up by disgruntled BBC journalists that got irritate of the lack of middle east coverage, and the BBC closing down offices in the region.

I like Al Jazeera as far as news organisations go.

wakka12

biko wrote: »

How do you suggest we address this?

Saudi arabia ,the nation that just keeps on giving

rossie1977

Its made all the worse by the fact it's surrounded by some of the wealthiest nation's on Earth like Saudi, uae, Oman, qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait

brainfreeze

brainfreeze wrote: »

Why 2010? I've always found them more informative than our media, started watching Al Jazeera at the start of the Iraq War.

It was set up by disgruntled BBC journalists that got irritate of the lack of middle east coverage, and the BBC closing down offices in the region.

I like Al Jazeera as far as news organisations go.

Just since the start of the Arab Spring etc. is what I was referring to.

Guy:Incognito

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Just since the start of the Arab Spring etc. is what I was referring to.

How have they been on talking about the slave labour used in Qatar and the building of world cup facilities in the country seeing as how they are state funded?

Guy:Incognito

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

How have they been on talking about the slave labour used in Qatar and the building of world cup facilities in the country seeing as how they are state funded?

Never said they were perfect. :pac:

Ipso

rossie1977 wrote: »

Its made all the worse by the fact it's surrounded by some of the wealthiest nation's on Earth like Saudi, uae, Oman, qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait

It's never the fault of any country in the middle east, always the west. Feel more guilty please.